- Date
- September 10, 1989, 19:03 local (Sep 11, 1989, 00:03 UTC)
- Place
- Austin, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9687ACessna 140A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890910063419A
- Case key
- 22917
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aidrcraft. The gusty crosswind condition was a related factor.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt decided to make a wheel landing on rwy 34 in winds that were from 025 degrees at 10 to 15 knots. He rprtd that when the tail wheel touched down, a gust caught the acft. He then lost directional control. When he attempted to regain control, the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9687A
- Reported as
- Cessna 140A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15408
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gin Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- 3R3 · Austin, TX
- Destination
- 3R9
- Airport
- 3R9 · Lakeway, runway 34, 4,000 × 70 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 148 total · 40 in this make and model · 65 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 70° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS, 17 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.